Fissile and fusile breeding in the thorium fusion fission hybrid

摘要

The thorium fuel cycle fissile and fusile breeding in a molten salt and a solid fuel blanket for a system consisting of fusion fuel factories coupled to fission satellites burners, is considered. The use of the thorium cycle in a fusion fission hybrid could bypass the stage of fourth generation fission breeder reactors in that the energy multiplication in the fission island allows the satisfaction of energy breakeven and the Lawson condition in magnetic and inertial fusion reactor experiments, hence an early introduction of fusion energy.